fortunate

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English fortunat(e) (“fortunate”), from Latin fortūnātus, from fortūna (“fortune, luck”) +‎ -ātus (adjective-forming suffix), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also Middle English fortunaten (“to assure the success (of), make fortunate”); cognate with French fortuné (“lucky”). By surface analysis, fortune +‎ -ate. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/, /ˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nət/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt/, /ˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nɪt/ (General American, weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nət/, /ˈfɔɹt͡ʃ.nət/ Hyphenation: for‧tu‧nate === Adjective === fortunate (comparative more fortunate, superlative most fortunate) Auspicious. Happening by good luck or favorable chance. Favored by fortune. ==== Synonyms ==== (auspicious): rosy; see also Thesaurus:auspicious (happening by favorable chance): lucky; see also Thesaurus:lucky (favored by fortune): privileged, successful; see also Thesaurus:prosperous ==== Antonyms ==== unlucky unfortunate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === unluckily luckily === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fortunate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “fortunate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Italian == === Adjective === fortunate feminine plural of fortunato == Latin == === Etymology === From fortūnātus (“fortunate, prosperous”). === Adverb === fortūnātē (comparative fortūnātius, superlative fortūnātissimē) prosperously, fortunately ==== Related terms ==== fortūnātus fortūnō === References === “fortunate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fortunate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “fortunate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)